Choose three words from your Words Their Way list. When you choose the words, look up the root of each word (Go to the Sandburg Website, - Teacher Pages - Technology - Reading - Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes) and write down the root's meaning. After that, find 5 additional words that have the same root.
EXAMPLE:
My word: woman Root: woman
Meaning: : an adult female person Related words: womankind, womanliness, womanlike, bondwoman, jurywoman
My word: wolf Root: wolf
Meaning:any of several large predatory that live and hunt in packs and resemble the related dogs Related words: wolflike, wolfish, unwolfish, wolfing, wolfed
My word:deer
Root:deer
Meaning:a small mammal
Related words: deerlike, deerskin, deerstalker, deers
EXAMPLE:
My word: woman
Root: woman
Meaning: : an adult female person
Related words: womankind, womanliness, womanlike, bondwoman, jurywoman
My word: wolf
Root: wolf
Meaning: any of several large predatory that live and hunt in packs and resemble the related dogs
Related words: wolflike, wolfish, unwolfish, wolfing, wolfed
My word:deer
Root:deer
Meaning:a small mammal
Related words: deerlike, deerskin, deerstalker, deers